Eric Morse — While Gov. Gen. David Johnson was convening Ministers and national non-profits at Rideau Hall Dece.1, a small group of community workers and volunteers called Community Matters was gathering in the quieter surroundings of St. James Town to ...
Read More »John Sewell’s book and how he and friends saved Toronto (Video)
John Sewell provides an insider’s account of 12 years when Toronto was transformed by activist citizens and high-rise developments. By the mid-1990s Toronto was well on the way to being Canada’s laraget and most powerful city, but all this “progress” ...
Read More »70-year-old Cabbagetowner to cycle to Mexico for charity
Mark O’Neill — Not many people kick off their eighth decade with a 2,500 mile (4,000 km) cycling adventure, but that’s Cabbagetowner John Murtaugh’s big birthday goal. He wants to raise at least $25,000 for his favourite charity, Amistad Canada. ...
Read More »Sustainable, walkable neighbourhoods since 1914: museum
Eric Morse — The year is 1914. David Adams leaves his home at 255 Sumach St. each morning, walks north, and then a block east to the southeast corner of River and Gerrard streets where he works as an enameller ...
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